Hose clamp



Aug. 19 1924.

,505,428 F. A. RICHARDS ET AL HOSE CLAMB yFiled Nov. 2, '1922 PatentedAug. 19, 1924.

UNITED STATES N 1,505,428 PATENT OFFICE.

FRED A. RICHARDS, FREDERIC C. BOCI-IATEY, AND JOHN T. JONES, OF GOLDEN,COLO- RADO; SAID JONES ASSIGNOR TO SAID RICHARDS AND SAID BOCHATEY.

l HOSE CLAMP.

App1icati'on filed November 2, 1922. Serial No. 598,644.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that we, FRED A. RICHARDS, FREDERIC C. BooHA'rEY, and JOHNT. JONES, citizens of the United States, residing at Golden, in thecounty of Jefferson and State of Colorado, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Hose Clamps; and we do declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same. n

Our invention aims to provide a simply constructed and inexpensive clampwhereby a hose, such as a re hose, may be compressed or flattened to cutoff the iiow of water.

In carrying out the above end, we provide a base, a hose clamping leverfulcrumed on said base, and a hand lever engaged with said hose clampinglever for operating the same, a further aim being to provide an eye atthe upper side of the base with which a claw-like end of the hand leveris engaged for operating the other lever, after which said hand levermay be partly inserted through said eye to hold the two levers inoperative position.

A still further* object is to provide an anti-friction roller and uniquemounting means therefor, facilitating insertion of the hand lever intoand withdrawal of said lever from the eye.

Vith the foregoing in View, the invention resides in the novel subjectmatter' hereinafter described and claimed, the description beingsupplemented by the accompanying drawing.

Figure 1,. is a side elevation.

Figure 2 is a top plan view.

Figure 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1 showing a different position ofparts.

Figure 4 is a detail section on line 1 -4 of Fig. 2.

In the drawings above briefly described, the numeral 1 designates asuitable base which may well be formed of wood provided with a metalcover 2 suitably secured thereto by rivets or the like In the presentshowing, one end of the base 1 is reinforced by upper and lowertransverse bars 1 and 5 which are riveted or otherwise secured thereto,the ends of the bar 5 being by preference bent downwardly and suitablyshaped to form prongs 6 which prevent 'slippage of the. base uponthepavement or any other `surface which may support it.

Suitably. secured to and` risingv from the bar Ll; are a pair of bearinglugs 7 to which one end of a hose clamping lever 8 is ful4 crumed, asindicated at 9. The other end of lever 8 is preferably offset as seenVat 10, is bent laterally as indicated at 11 to form a shoulder forengagement with a hand lever 12, andis finally bentfagain to provide afinger 13 which is spaced from and parallel to theI body portion of thelever 8.l

The hand lever 12 engages the bent portion 11 ofthe lever y8 between thebody of this lever and the linger 13 and is providedk with a claw-likeend 141 which is engageable with an eye 15 at the upper side of the base1, whereby swinging of said hand leverf12 toward the `base will flattenthe hose H placed upon said base between'the lugs 11 and the eye 15,Aas'shown fully in Fig.r 3.

Then, by inserting the lever 12 partly through the eye 15,r said leverwill engager the base and eye in a binding manner, thereby holding`theclamping lever 8 in operative position. a pin 16 for passage'throughan openingvl? in the hand lever 12 to prevent it from being accidentallywithdrawn from the eye 15. This pinniay well bey connected with the baseby a suitable chain or the like 18.

The eye 15 is preferably formed by a U- bolt vwhose arms 19 are reducedand pass through the base 1 and its metal cover 2- These arms alsoextend through outwardly extending ears 2O on a pair of upright bear' Ifdesired, we may provide f from the details disclosed, they arepreferably followed, but within the scope of the invention as claimed,numerous minor changes may be made.

l/Ve claim: f 1. A hose clamp comprising a base, a

lever fulcrumed on said base for clamping hose against the same, an eyeon the upper side of said base beyond which said lever swings toclamping position, and a hand lever having ra claw-like end engageablewith said eye, wsaid hand lever having an operating connection with thefirst mentioned lever, whereby swinging of said hand lever toward saidbase will move said irst named lever to hose clamping-position, saidhand lever being then insertible partly through said eye to hold theirst named leverin operative position.

2. A hose clamp comprising a base, a hose `clamping 4lever fulerumed onsaid base for clamping a hose against the same, the free end of saidlever being bent laterally andthen Jfurther bent into parallel relationwith the body oi said lever, an eye on the base beyond which said bentlever end swings when moved downwardly, and a hand lever havingaclaw-lile end received in said eye, said hand lever engaging said bentend of said hose clamping lever to establish an operating connectionbetween said levers, said hand lever being partly insertible throughsaid eye to retain the two levers in operative position.

3. A hose clamp comprising a base and a hose clamping lever fulcrumed onsaid base, said base having an opening beyond which said lever swingswhen lowered, a pair of bearings at opposed sides of said opening havingvhorizontal ears contacting with the base, a U-bolt having lits endspassed downwardly through said base and said ears and securing themtogether, a roller in said opening mounted between said bearings, and ahand lever engaged with said clamping lever and having a claw-like endreceived in said U-bolt, said hand leverr being insertible partlythrough said U-bolt tor binding engagement with said bolt and roller toretain the two levers in operative position.

4. A hose clamp comprising a base, a hoefe-engagingy lever pivoted atone end on said base, the opposite free end of said lever being bentupon itself to provide a substantially U-sliaped portion, thebightportion of which constitutes a shoulder and the eX- tremity otwhich is disposed in spaced parallelism to the body portion of the leverand forms a. confining linger, an operating lever for said iirst namedlever, a portion of said operating lever being disposed between saidfinger and said body portion and bearing on said shoulder, and means forpivotally connecting the lower end of said operating lever to said base.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto aHXed our signatures.

- FRED A. Eior'ni'ans.

